side note: I receive Google alerts on stories that involve tort reform. I initially thought the below letter to the editor was a journalist’s opinion piece and was shocked that someone so obviously out of touch with reality would be employed by any newspaper. Yes, tort reform could bring many benefits, but simple tort reform will save economy? Someone has been spending too much time listening to Republican talking points on Fox News. Tort reform has become a soundbyte catch phrase to the detriment of its possible benefits.
With the election of our new governor, the terrible state of the New Jersey economy is front page news every day. Many economists believe New Jersey is second worse to California’s economy, which everybody knows is a disaster. So, I’m going to tell you how Gov. Christie can start to fix New Jersey’s economic problems. He can do it very simply by adding two words to existing law.
If the governor takes my advice we will see the following results for the state of New Jersey: industry and jobs will return to our state; we will have lower medical costs and lower medical insurance; every resident of the state will become richer because the cost of everything they buy will drop.
New Jersey can be the leader and show the rest of the country the road back to prosperity with the use of these two words. By the end of his first term Gov. Christie could be presidential material.
What is this miracle cure I’m talking about? It’s called common sense, and here is how it should be applied; take our existing New Jersey tort laws, leave them exactly how they are and add two words: “Loser pays.”
For this to happen, Gov. Christie has to decide who should come first in New Jersey — the New Jersey residents or the New Jersey lawyer lobby? I’ll bet the lawyers will come first.
ARMOND TURIELLO
